With 4:48 to play in the second period of Thursday’s matchup between the Blue Jackets and the Dallas Stars, Joonas Korpisalo squared up to turn away a Stephen Johns shot coming from the top of the right circle. There was no score, but the puck rebounded to a wide-open Tyler Seguin, who sat to the left of the net with nothing between him and a goal but a sliding Korpisalo.

“I was really late on that one,” Korpisalo said. “I just had to go across and try to get something in front of the puck.”

Korpisalo pushed off his left leg and extended his right arm. The puck bounced off his shoulder, over the net, and out of play, preserving the Jackets’ 1-0 lead.

Fans celebrated the 23-year-old Finn’s 17th save in what would ultimately be a night with 35 saves and three shootout denials by Korpisalo, not knowing they’d seen something that hadn’t happened before.